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"Call me Jack" graphite drawing.
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Looking good already - when we put the eyes in is a matter of personal preference and practice: this isn't relevant to your current piece, but I found some while ago that my tendency to put the eybrows in first (in a human portrait) often led to my making considerable mistakes in proportions and shading which, at the time, I couldn't put my finger on: just knew that something was amiss: indicating the general shape of the eye, not necessarily the details, and then attending to the brows seemed to help greatly. I don't really understand why, other than that the eyes and their sockets are very much fundamental anatomical details, whereas brows (and moustaches etc) are iur optional extras - eg, Sir Keir Starmer's eyebrows are almost invisible; my father's eyebrows fell out overnight when he had an attack of alopecia related to old age: it didn't improve his appearance in any way! But he was recognizable, sans eyebrows.
Dogs, some more than others, do have eyebrows: your boy has the suggestion of same - and I think the same principle applies - get the eyes in, then think about the brows; others will I'm sure disagree, and have their own procedures; so long as it works, that's the important thing!
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Thank you for comment and a story tale, which I'm always enjoying Robert 😉
For many years my artwork was disrupting other artists, making them wonder and frustrated sometimes, as they were leaving comments of their weird feeling while looking at my work in progress 😉
So I'm just trying start with eyes first, and so far ... I kind of like this new to me approach ☺️
As you said - everyone has different preferences and it's hard to change it 😉
I've had a class mate in past, who - when running - kept his head leaned towards right arm (😉).
Nobody knew why he was running like this, obviously he couldn't explain that either 😀
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Looking good as always Art! I’ll keep an eye on this one as I’ve always wanted to have a go at a dog portrait but never got round to it - think your beautiful work might inspire me!I'm HOPING you may get inspired ✨️ Knowing your skills and attention to detail, the portrait will come out splendid ! Thank you for stepping by Anthony.
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A bit more progress...
I'm going to work tomorrow, so this might be few days before I can come back to it...
Thank you for watching.
●Watch it here if you like...
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by PogArt Ti
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It means work = i.e. the work we have to do in order to survive = gets in the way of the real work we want to do: our obligation to make a living via our day to day work sits, toad like, on our path to do the work we really want to do.
That's why it's poetry, basically - we know it's not achievable, since we have to eat: but at the same time, it steals the time from us that we need in order to make art (however we might define art).
Of course, it's possible to enjoy our day to day work: but it's still an encumbrance. It gets in the way.
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It means work = i.e. the work we have to do in order to survive = gets in the way of the real work we want to do: our obligation to make a living via our day to day work sits, toad like, on our path to do the work we really want to do. That's why it's poetry, basically - we know it's not achievable, since we have to eat: but at the same time, it steals the time from us that we need in order to make art (however we might define art). Of course, it's possible to enjoy our day to day work: but it's still an encumbrance. It gets in the way.THANK YOU SO MUCH for deeper description of the meaning Robert 😉 Now I get it as I should have! Earlier I was like half/half if you know I mean... I can speak and read english, but I'm easily getting confused sometime with meanings being written with some "camouflage" (lol 😉). Thanks a lot Robert!
